S & R IAU and University of Pitești Ink MoU in Erasmus Mundus Program Framework

9/13/2017 1:36:00 PM

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 - 13:36

An academic delegation from Romania has visited Islamic Azad University, Science and Research branch and also held cooperation meeting with the university officials.

According to Azad News Agency (ANA), during their two-day visit from S & R IAU, Prof. Dumitru CHIRLEŞAN, head of Pitești University, in accompany with the head of Institute for Nuclear Research Pitesti (ICN) and the director of international affairs visited scientific, academic and laboratory parts of S & R IAU and held cooperation meeting with university officials.

During the meeting, the head of IAU Plasma Physics Research Center, Dr. Mahamoud Ghor'an Nevi, general-director of Science and Research IAU international affairs, Dr. Hamid Reza Ghafarzadeh and some S & R IAU faculty members emphasized on the international cooperation and their applicability.

The Romania academic delegation also introduced Pitești University and emphasized that the university is active in all academic areas except medicine, civil engineering and architecture.

In this regard, Prof. Dumitru CHIRLEŞAN spoke of the university and industry collaboration especially in automotive industry, design and holding higher educational courses. He also mentioned the importance of the university's cooperation with EU and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

In this meeting, it has been decided to prepare a draft of tripartite MoU among University of Pitești, S & R IAU and Romania Institute for Nuclear Research to exchange students based on Erasmus Mundus program.

The European Union's Erasmus Mundus Program aims to enhance quality in higher education through scholarships and academic cooperation between the EU and the rest of the world.